Relief valve



Aug., 4, 1936. w. CZARNECKI RELIEF VALVE Filed Dec. 24, 1934 INVENTOR: WQLTEB CZflZNE-CK/ I ITNESSES:

ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 4, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims. (Cl. 137-153) This invention relates to relief valves, and has for an object to provide a valve of new and.

improved construction, relieving excess pressure in a new and improved manner.

A further object of the invention is to provide A further object of the invention is to provide.

in a relief valve cooperating members having telescoping walls, one of said members providing,

a valve seat for one of. the independent valves. A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for straining the output from the valve.

The invention, therefore, comprises a housing having inlet, outlet and .by-pass ports, with a valve controlling the outlet port, and a valve controlling the by-pass port, said last mentioned valve cooperating with a valve seat carried by one member telescopically associated with a second member, whereby the chamber provided by the housing is divided into separate compartments of variable capacity, with means for regulating the pressure upon the telescoping organization for varying the pressure at which the valve will by-pass therfluid under pressure.

The drawing illustrate an embodiment of the invention and the. views therein are as follows:

Figure 1 is a view in section showing the improved valve assembly.

Figure 2 is a view in elevation of the lve housing,

Figure 3 is an exploded view of the valve assembly, I

Figure 4 is a view of the valve assembled, I Figure 5 is an exploded view of the telescoping organization, and

The housing la -provide at its normally lower s end with a threaded opening it in which is seat- 55 ed abushing I! havingaport II which normally valve member 26.

communicates with a burner or other device emp ying thefluid, and also provides a valve seat at H. A valve assembly shown in assembled condition at Figure 4 comprises a sleeve i8 having a multi-angular boss i9 formed thereon which, 5 cooperating with a wrench or like utensil, may be employed to seat the valve assembly in the. housing by means of the screw'threads 20.

Adjacent to this valve assembly are a plurality of openings 2| forming communication between 1 the chamber 22 and the annular chamber 23, the latter surrounding the valve assembly, shown at Figure 4. Surrounding the sleeve I8 is a strainer 24 of such size as to be inserted prior to the application of the boss l5. v 15 The valve assembly, in addition to the sleeve I 8, comprises a spring 25 which sits within the sleeve, and a valve member 26 inserted within the spring, and provided with a needle tip 21 cooperating with the valve seat Il. Preferably, 20 this needle tip 21 will be formedof material harder than required for the valve body, and will, therefore, be applied thereto as indicated at f Figure 3.

Also, this needle-valve 21 will not be conical, 25 but will be formed as generated by an are moved about the axis, the lines. of any cross section of 28 bearing upon the spring 25 and passages 29 30 y will be formed through the sleeve l8 whereby the fluid within the annular chamber 23 may enter within the sleeve. Another valve member 30 will be seated to slide in a bushing 3| and provided with a head 32 seated upon the head 28 of the 35 The valve body 30 will carry a valve contact 23 which like the needle member 21, will be composedof some harder, non-corrosive material and will be applied to the valve member 20 as shown at Figure 3. The member 40 will be formed preferably as a hemisphere exposed at the end of the valve body 2|.

The housing is provided with an annular shoulder 34 upon which bears the flange 35 of the tubular member 38 and held in position by a threaded ring 31. Cooperating with the tubular member 38 is a telescoping member II having. a 1- flange 29 fitting within the interior of the sleeve 36, and with a packing material 40 filling the annular space provided by the flange 3!. The telescoping member ll is provided with a valve seat I which cooperates with the valve 23. This valve seat 4| is provided with a bleed groove 42, the function of which will be hereinafter more Seatedwithin the telescoping member 38 is a spring 43 which is provided with a follower 44 and tension screw which extends through a closure 45. The head 41 of this tension screw is preferably protected by the cap 48. Communicating with the interior of the housing is a by-pass port 48 which will be connected with any approved type' of conduit for conveying by-passed fluid back to the source of supply.

In operation, fluid under pressure, as from a pump, is admitted through either of the ports II or i2, the other being closed either by the plugs I3, a pressure gauge, or any other available means. The fluidunder pressure will flll the chamber 22, and pass through the passages 2i into the annular chamber 23. Pressure in the chamber 22 will build up until the spring 43 is aflected, raising the telescoping member 38. The spring 25 will tend to raise the valves 26 and 30 as the telescoping member 38 rises, so that the fluid in the annular chamber 23 will pass through the screen 24 and out through the valve seat [1. The port It communicating with the valve seat I! is, of course, connected with some conduit. The relief valve, here shown, is intended particularly for cooperation with an oil burner, but.

while not limited thereto, will, as presently seen, flnd its greatest utility in that field, So associated, the oil under pressure will, therefore, pass through the valve seat I1 and port I to the burner for consumption.

In such installations it has been found desirable to maintain a volume of oil greater than will be accommodated by the nozzle and the amount fed to the nozzle will be controlled by the valve 21. The excess volume must, therefore, be by-passed back to the source of supply. As the pressure builds up the excess volume the telescoping member 38 will be further raised and the head 42 of the valve 34 coming in contact with the bushing 3| will interrupt the movement of that valve and'open the valve seat 4| so that the excess volume under excess pressure will flow through said valve seat 4| upwardly through the telescoping members, and out through the by-pass port 40 and will, naturally, be returned to the tank from which the supply is originally pumped.

Immediately upon lowering the pressure the telescoping member 38 will be impelled by the spring 43 to make engagement with the valve tip 33 and close the by-pass and if the pressure continues to drop the spring 43 will further move the valves 30 and 26 to close the port I'I.

Of course, the relief valve illustrated may be modified and changed in various ways without departing from the invention herein set forth and hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

1. A relief valve of the character described comprising a housing formed with an inwardly extending shoulder, a sleeve having an outturned flange in engagement with said shoulder, the cylindrical portion of said sleeve being spaced from the housing, a piston movable in said sleeve and formed with a valve seat, means for yieldably maintaining the piston in extended relation with respect to the sleeve, a valve assembly movable with the piston, and means for limiting movement of the valve assembly whereby the valve seat in the piston is opened, said valve assembly including a valve member cooperating with a flxed valve seat formed in the housing.

2. A relief valve of the character described comprising a housing, a sleeve mounted in the housing and formed withv an inwardly extending flange, a piston in said sleeve having an outwardly extending flange engaging the wall of the sleeve, while the inwardly extending flange of the sleeve engages the piston, said flanges on the sleeve and piston respectively cooperating to pro vide a chamber for receiving a packing material, said piston being formed with a valve seat, means for yieldably maintaining the piston in extended relation with respect to the sleeve, a valve assembly movable with the piston, and means for limiting movement of the valve assembly whereby the valve seat in the piston is open, said valve assembly including a valve member which cooperates with a flxed valve seat formed in the housing.

' WAL'I'ER YCZARNECKI. 

